草そう紙し

noun

bound book; written work (bound, not a scroll)

Refers to a written work in bound form, as opposed to a scroll. Used historically for various types of books.

• この草そう紙しは江え戸ど時じ代だいに作つくられたものです。

  This bound book was made in the Edo period.

noun

kana text; work written entirely in kana

Specifically a text written using only kana, without kanji. Common in classical Japanese literature.

• 『枕草子まくらのそうし』は平へい安あん時じ代だいの代だい表ひょう的てきな草そう紙しです。

  "The Pillow Book" is a representative kana text of the Heian period.

noun

graphic novel; illustrated storybook (12th–19th c.)

Refers to illustrated narrative works, often with pictures and text, produced between the 12th and 19th centuries. Precursor to modern manga.

• この草そう紙しは江え戸ど時じ代だいの風ふう俗ぞくを描えがいている。

  This illustrated storybook depicts the customs of the Edo period.

noun

notebook; practice book; rough draft

Used for a notebook or exercise book for practicing kana, drawing, or making rough drafts. Sense 5 (rough draft) is closely related and often overlaps.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、草そう紙しに絵えを描かいて遊あそんだ。

  When I was a child, I drew pictures in a notebook for fun.

• 彼かれは草そう紙しに小しょう説せつの下した書がきを書かいている。

  He is writing a rough draft of his novel in a notebook.